Clothespin carrier



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CLOTHESPIN CARRIER Filed Oct. 31, 1941 INVENTOR. fo/wv fl. Bax/:ORD

19TH/@Mfrs Patented May ll, 1943 U l'iED STATES PATENT FFlCE CLGTHESPINCARREER .lohn A. Bickford, Cleveland, Ohio Application October' 31,1941, Serial No. 417,339

(CLIM-1.8)

4 Claims.

This invention relates to a clothes pin carrier, particularly to onewhich may be suspended on the clothes line and moved along progressivelyin advance of the clothes being hung upon the line.

One effort heretofore to make a carrier which could be used'and movedalong the clothesline as stated, has embodied a bag having a supportingwire, the end of which has been bent in the form of a hook to engage theline. Another form has comprised a wire basket suspended from a pulleywhich could be moved along the line. In each instance, however, theopening for the bag was at the top where it was too inconvenient for the`operator to withdraw the clothespins, and, where the wire hook has beenused, the wire would catch on the line and be difficult to push along infront of the work. Any effort to push the bag would cause a bindingaction between the wire and the line, thus requiring an objectionablelength of time and effort to propel the bag in advance of the clothes.The wire basket carrier, on the other hand, is too bulky and expensiveto manufacture.

An object of my invention is to make a bag which is light in weight,vcompact in construction, capable of being moved readily along the linein advance of the clothes, and is arranged to make the clothespins moreaccessible for immediate use, even though the level of the clothespinsin the bag diminishes progressively as the clothes are hung.

Referring to the drawing, Fig. l is a view showing a carrier embodyingmy invention suspended from a clothesline; Figs. 2 and 3 are sectionstaken on the lines 2-2 and 3 3 in Fig. l, and f Fig. 4 is a detail viewshowing the means for hooking one end of the supporting wire to theother so as to permit detachment or removal of the bag, as forlaundering, whenever desired.

The clothespin carrier as Shown in the drawing, comprises a bag lliwhich is preferably made of fabric which has a heading Il extendingaround the open top. The bag also has an opening 9 in the side thereofand is provided with a slide fastener l2 for closing the same.

The bag may be supported by means 0i a wire which may be bent to providesubstantially parallel portions l5 and I6 which extend through theheading and are sufficiently close to make a substantially closed top tothe bag. One end of the wire il is hooked around a vertically extendingportion i3, thus providing a detachable connection as shown in Fig. 4 bythe broken lines 16a,

and lBa, and providing a means for enabling it to be threaded throughthe passageway within the lll heading Il. Thus, the bag may beconveniently removed for laundering and thereafter replaced. A loop I9in the portion I8 makes a suitable nailreceiving aperture for hangingthe bag upon a wall when not in use.

The upwardly extending portion I8 of the wire terminates in a bentportion 2E! which provides a journal for a pulley 2 l. A pulley block 22straddles the pulley and has a lateral extension 23 which is aperturedat 24 to receive the vertical reach of the wire.

Inasmuch as the bag is suspended directly beneath the clotheslineindicated at 25, it is held automatically in upright position where thecontents thereof are readily accessible through the opening 9. The slidefastener facilitates access to the pins and permits adjustment of theopening in accordance with variations in the level of the pins withinthe bag.

A carrier made according to my invention may be readily pushed along theclothesline in advance of the clothes, without the need for overcomingany binding action or friction between the line and the support; inaddition, the contents of the bag are at all times accessible at aconvenient height. Whenever desired, the bag may be detached byunhooking the connection at I1, as shown in Fig. 4. The bag is light inweight, may be economically made, and may be closed when not in use toprevent the pins fromspilling out of the bag even though it Abe laid onits side when not in use.

I claim:

l. A support for a bag comprising a pulley, an embracing strap therefor,a wire mounted on the strap and forming a journal to the pulley, one legof the strap having an outward extension with an opening through it andthe wire extending downwardly through said opening, said wire below theopening :being laterally extended to engage the bag adjacent its top.

2. Means for suspending a bag comprising a wire formed for attachment tothe bag and having an upwardly extending portion which at its top isbent laterally, a strap having spaced arms in which said laterally bentportion is mounted, a pulley between the arms of the strap journalled onthe bent portion of the wire, and means for securing the wiresubstantially immovably to one of the arms of the strap.

3. A support for a bag comprising a pulley, a strap of general U-shapein cross section having its arms on opposite sides of the pulley, a wiremounted in the two arms of the strap and forming a journal for thepulley, said wire extending extending downward to support the bag, thearms 10 of the strap extending downwardly beyond the pulley and beingeach bent inwardly to choke the eitrance to the pulley space and thenoutwardly in" diagonally opposite directions away from the central planeof the pulley, the oppositely Haring ends of the strap forming a, guidefor positioning the device on a clothesline and being adapted to becammed outwardly by downwardly forcing the strap across the clothesline.

JOHN A. BICKFORD.

